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Re:Twitter Engineering:We’re starting with a set of words we... by peterlk on Saturday July 04, 2020 @11:46PM (#23736455)
Can someone explain to me the "dummy" and "sanity" exceptions? I have never even considered that these words might be offensive. Perhaps not emotionally neutral, but then why not "poor" (performance) or "silly"? Is there some context that I'm not aware of?
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Re:Twitter Engineering:We’re starting with a set of words we... by lostapathy on Sunday July 05, 2020 @12:05AM (#23736519)
This just means new words/phrases will be offensive and need purged in a few years.

Lest we forget, “retard” used to be the kind way to describe mentally challenged people when earlier phrases became offensive.

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Re:Twitter Engineering:We’re starting with a set of words we... by ShorsHammer on Sunday July 05, 2020 @12:16AM (#23736553)
Hopefully all the would-be enforcers of language don't find out what happens inside a commercial plane cockpit on landing.
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Re:Twitter Engineering:We’re starting with a set of words we... by tazedsoul on Saturday July 04, 2020 @11:51PM (#23736472)
It’s a reach. Or else perhaps Twitter is concerned about offending the numerous employees who lack sanity and may feel excluded by someone else wanting their code to run.
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